Forty-Second Street, by Joe Holmes. more ›

Forty-Second Street, by Joe Holmes. more ›

A woman who had recently left her husband and moved in with her daughter was shot by the estranged husband in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn. The husband then killed himself. Karen Skellas had been accepting a housewarming gift from coworker John D'Atri when Ioannis Skellas appeared. D'Atri told reporters, "From out of nowhere this person appears with a hood over his head. In the blink of an eye, he came towards her and fired." Mr. Skellas had a sawed-off shotgun in his sweatshirt and fired at the housewarming gift - bags of groceries. After the couple yelled at each other, the husband fatally shot his wife in the head. A neighbor tells the NY Times that Mr. Skellas then ran away. He reloaded his gun, returned to Mrs. Skellas's body, and shot himself. more ›

+ And the award for worst-Halloween costume idea goes to the Brooklyn Record. Congrats! more ›

- This may be one of the greatest worthless lists of all time. Truly groundbreaking. more ›

One of Gothamist's new favorite blogs is The Gowanus Lounge-- it's reporting on real estate and urban development around the city. Today it reports on the acquisition of the Jewish Press Building on Third Avenue and Second Street, one of the last obstacles blocking the progress of the proposed Leviev Boymelgreen "Gowanus Village" project. The company plans to develop the entire lot between Carroll Street and Third Street, from Third Avenue all the way to the Gowanus Canal. That's a lot of redevelopment! Current plans project 400 units on 375,000 square feet of space. The new Whole Foods (ETA still unknown) will be built just a block away on the corner of 3rd Street, so while the toxic sludge in the canal might turn future tenants into mutants, at least they will be well fed. more ›

As the Times points out in its article about Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, the usual response to a celebrity dipping their influence and pocketbooks into other peoples issues and neighborhoods is often, shall we say, not a good one. Or as Midler puts it: "There's a distinct possibility that it's vanity, but even if it were, so what? The gardens stand as a testament to nature, and I love nature despite what she did to me." Har, har, har, har. more ›

Details: Tonight // 6pm // Courthouse Gallery [32 Second Avenue at 2nd]. more ›